Burundi Economy - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

CDP: $963 million (1984 est.). $250 per capita; 3% real growth rate (1983)

Natural resources: nickel, uranium, rare earth oxide, peat, cobalt, copper platinum (not yet exploited)

Agriculture: major cash crops—coffee, cotton, tea; main food crops—manioc, yams, peas, corn, sorghum, bananas, haricot beans

Major industries: light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imports; public works construction; food processing

Electric power: 20.000 kW capacity (1985);

26 million kWh produced (1985), 5 kWh per capita  ·

Exports. $83.5 million (1984); coffee (87%), tea, cotton, hides and skins

Imports: $158 million (1984); textiles, foodstuffs, transport equipment, petroleum products

Major trade partners: US, EC countries

Budget: (1983) revenue $121 4 million, expenditure $146.4 million

Monetary conversion rate: 120 Burundi francs=US$ 1 (October 1984)

Fiscal year: calendar year

NOTE: The information regarding Burundi on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burundi 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burundi 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.